Wichita eagle., 1887-05-13
A COAT OF ARMS.
TIE EASE WITH WHICH ANY PAR
vENU CAN SECURE ONE.
How the Duke Of Sutherland Was As
tonished-His Coat of Arms Emblazoned
on an American Citizens Car iage.
Hunting q Pedigree.

tonished-His Coat of Arms Emblazoned
Hunting a Pedigree.
| Up to within a few days ago there was an
Engiishman in New York city who spoke his
native tongue in all its formidable atrocity
He is the Duke of Sutherland, who has done
the States" many times, but he appeared for
the first time during this last visit in private
ball and drawing room Hitherto he had
preserved his insular prejudice against the
new rich Americans. But last spring, at the
Inaugural ceremonies of the Panama canal.
be made the acquaintance of our former min
lster to France, Mr.. BigeIow, who was at
Colon at the time as the representative of the
New York chamber of commerce. This ac-
Iuaintance induced him to break through his
former habit, and in his last stay in New
York he consented to be present at the we'd
ding OF Mr.. Bigelow's youngest daughter and
Charles Stuart Dodge at ST. Georges church
In 3tuyvesant square. 1t was his former re-
l,isai to join in any society festivities that led
in to imagine that the costume which had
'erved him as similar occasion in the west
when g cowboy espoused ranchera. would
10 here likewise, and he appeared at the Bige-
tweed suit, and heavy hunting brogans
This was forgiven duke, however, on the
core Of eccentricity, and, the ice once broken,
distinguished social honors poured in upon
nim. The last and climacteric exhibition Of
the ducal coronet was witnessed at the recep-
lion Of Mrs. Hicks-Lord, when the wild walls
Of the pibroch, perpetuated by Mrs. Lords
| private piper, hailed his grace Of Sutherland
| IL bc II he <z<oI
old fashioned English word, beginning and
ending with the letter d, followed by the
name which we are forbidden by the bible to
apply to our brother.
THE LAST STRAW
This beats my time" said the Duke Of
| Sutherland Il shall take to the yacht to-
morrow. Why, this afternoon az passed a
| shop on Fifth avenue what should l see
standing in front but my own carriage-yes,
| by gadI l saw carriage with my own coro-
net upon it"
The duke ought 10 have demanded an ex-
| PLANTATION of the owner; but as be did not we
will furnish him with one. The coat Of arms
emblazoned on the family carriage of SIM
pie American citizen is harmless exhibition
Of the proprietor's vanity and the carriage
makers complaisance. The citizen, however,
is not wholly to blame, Fortune had smiled
upon him, and he had carriage built. Moth
ing to condemn in that. He, like a sensible
man, had intended TO have his cipher on the
panels, but the women folks were more
ambitious, and never rested until in a mo-
ment Of weakness he consented to emblazon
the doors of his coach with coat of arms.
Now the question arises: How to get one.
His ancestors and himself have struggled
along for good many years without feeling
any special need for armorial bearings. This
contentment or neglect seems TO have closed
the way now to coronets, and, besides, he
lives in the United States, where it is consid-
cred an honor not to be crowned. If he lived
in Brazil he would erdow hospital, and the
emperor would reward him with knighthood
and a coat of arms Of great complexity. If
be lived in England he could get pedigree
and coat of arms from the College Of Her
aids without doing anything so expensive as
found hospital Living in neither Of these
convenient countries, but in the United
States, If be must have armorial bearings
there is Just one thing TO be done-he must
steal them.
HUNTING A PEDIGREE.
When he has made up his mind to it. this is
as easy as stealing lead pipe from junk
shop. He goes to the carriage manufacturer
and takes him into his confidence. That
worthy is not surprised-bless you, no, This
isn't the first nor the thousand and first tine
he has acted for the college of heraldry. He
brings out his library, which consists Of
"Burke's Peerage and Baronetage' and
sBurke's General Armory"-Burke is the in
dispeusable friend Of Studebaker and KIM
ball and their clients-he brings out his
library, and in the seclusion Of the carriage
builders private office the respectable citizen
endeavors to recollect something about the
ancestors of his family. Any little incident
is enough and it is astonishing how obedient
memory becomes on such occasions
Now there's coat Of arms that I'm
familiar with says the customer, land
don't know where have seen it unless it be
longs to our branch Of the family So our
branch of the family appear soon in their
true colors. But many people are not SO
easily satisfied. When they have started in
search of quarterings and notices, they be-
come very particular. Say, for instance, the
rich Mr. Jones wants coat OF arms The
carriage man opens his heraldic record and
reads: Jones, Arthur Adolphus Patrick
Dennis; first lord of Castletoddy, Castletoddy,
County Mayo, Ireland.
NO, no." says the honorable Jones. Our
family are English by descent"
A few more pages of the peerage are turned
over until the name Of Jones appears again, |
this time as an English peer, pretixed by five
or six Christian flames, and with an add
tional surname that the head Of the English |
house has been permitted to assume by royal |
license This noblenlan has an estate in |
Devoushire,
There we have it." cries the conscientious |
Jones. Il have heard that my grandfather |
came from Devonshire"
In much the same way, undoubtedly, the |
American citizen went to work searching the |
archives of his family, with result that |
edited the Duke OF Sutherland by the sight of |
his own carriage, which he supposed to be /
snugly resting in the stables of Stafford house,
rolling along Fifth avenue, emblazoned with |
the arms of his family and likewise the sup
porters, which can only be used by a peer Of |
the realm, the whole surmounted with ducal /